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Greetings. I am aware what we went through was somewhat an unique experience and I am also perfectly aware some of us got out of it a bit shaken. That being said, it's perhaps the first big 'event' we experienced since coming here, it wouldn't hurt to at least start gathering together the data we gathered to see all that can be learned from it. Also, while I'm hardly built for moral support, I feel like we could at least try to reach for each other in what may be a time of need for some of us. I wanted to suggest a gathering, I wouldn't mind hosting it considering I'm at least used to brainstorming and data elaborating meetings with others, just be aware my size may prove a bit of a challenge. If people are willing to step in, we can certainly organize something. Last but not least: we have some level of confirmation this place can mess with our head and our perception of things, it wouldn't hurt to keep a journal or something with our memories and thoughts. I'm hardly the best at social events of any kind, so please know I'm open to all suggestions. -Erichthonios

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A gathering sounds like a fine idea.

I'm not sure I have much to contribute other than asking a question. Do you know if there is anything that might predict whether you're able to simply observe the story unfold as yourself when pulled inside?

I haven't been able to find any logic behind that yet. Most people I know ended up feeling like they were part of the "setting," at least until we returned to the library.

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I'm glad you thin so. I think all questions can be useful when you think about it. They may allow us to think about things we didn't consider up to that point. As for yours... I'm not certain. I felt some kind of 'call' toward a specific area and then I almost found myself 'inside' as a spectator. That's why I suggested keeping a journal. If this place can mess with our heads, it could be useful to at least keep track of who we are as much as possible, even if I doubt it can help us inside the actual stories. I know my beloved mammet turned into a simple keychain, there. -Erich

I would have preferred being a spectator over being an active participant, I think. Although I hope the change to your mammet was only temporary while we were inside the story?

For the journals - I do like the idea. For the most part, anyway? I feel like I'm being overly paranoid, but if our memories are temporarily rewritten inside a story, I wonder if the same is possible outside of that? Maybe the things we write won't necessary stay true to what we wrote, and may morph to reflect some other writing if the library sees fit.

That's probably way too paranoid, but it's something I've been thinking about.

Yes. I am glad I was spectating, honestly. I've been not in control of my own emotions and mind due to external influence before- and I'm not quite keen in experiencing it again. As for my mammet, he's fine now. I'm not even certain it was actually him inside and not just a small part of my belongings shaped to carry a memory of him. That is my main concern. But our current best resources to keep track of ourselves are journals and sharing details of our lives with others. I'm not entirely certain many would be comfortable with the second option. There's nothing wrong in evaluating potential danger.

[ That's good to know--that maybe their personal belongings or pets could come with them into the story and take other shapes. ]

Right. I don't want to deter anyone from trying to keep a journal or sketchbook or whatever. It might work, so I'm down for at least giving it a try.

Have you been keeping one without any issue? Or were you only planning on starting one now?

[Again, Erich cannot guarantee his lil friend was actually there...]

I'm planning to. One of the main issues in this place is objects not being quite as permanent as one would expect- I know someone has now the power of keeping things in place after creating them, but it's something i need to work on. It's one of the many reasons I think we should all share what we know and how we're planning to face things.

I'm not really sure what you'd call it, maybe matter manipulation? But I can tease items from books here in the library. At first, the things I pulled were unfinished like everything else, but I think now I've got a handle on pulling things out as they're meant to be.

The problem is that I look away for a minute and poof, it's gone. Like you said. It's the same for the Maker Room. Does your friend have any tips on actually getting things to stay? Because I'd like to practice, too.

Ah, we do seem to have the same level of... power in that sense. Back in my world we'd probably call that 'aether manipulation without permanence' but I'm fully aware that's not properly the case since I'm unable of proper aetheric powers.

I can ask him. Right now I want to test a few things with him, like: if he creates something with things I generate from books, do those stay? it was something picked from me, sure, but will his touch change things?

It's time to experiment!

I'll test it out as well. Nice probably won't be happy about it, but the more people looking into it, the more accurate the results are I guess, right?

If it does work that way, with the objects being more permanent with some people more than others, that's going to be annoying. Useful to know, but really, really annoying.

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